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Old 01-29-2007, 01:44 PM
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There was a thread on OldRockets about some old space related toys. I read the article that listed websites that sell old toys. I'm checking them out and am coming across stuff I used to have. Any of you ever have any of these items growing up?

http://www.timewarptoys.com/tipnrok.jpg

http://www.timewarptoys.com/sbblack.jpg

http://www.timewarptoys.com/wheelo1.jpg

http://www.timewarptoys.com/sirenring.jpg

http://www.timewarptoys.com/jartsold1.jpg

http://www.timewarptoys.com/creeplep.jpg

http://www.timewarptoys.com/aero1.jpg

http://www.timewarptoys.com/kkar1.jpg

http://www.timewarptoys.com/vertibird.jpg

http://www.timewarptoys.com/kmotor1.jpg

http://www.timewarptoys.com/handsdown.jpg

http://www.timewarptoys.com/bash1.jpg

http://www.timewarptoys.com/trouble.jpg

http://www.timewarptoys.com/vrroom.jpg

Boy, seeing those old toys sure brings back good memories!
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Old 01-29-2007, 03:24 PM
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There was a thread on OldRockets about some old space related toys. I read the article that listed websites that sell old toys. I'm checking them out and am coming across stuff I used to have. Any of you ever have any of these items growing up?


I had a couple of Wheel-Os back in the 60s. The ones I received came in a box, not in a bag.

Modern reference -- Has anyone watched the movie "Robots"?

I also had the "Verti-Bird". A Mattel toy, it came with an astronaut figure that was just way too heavy for the 'copter to lift on anything but a fresh set of batteries (and not always then, either); and a hollow plastic Mercury capsule.

The Kenner motorized movie projector had a sibling, IIRC, that was hand-cranked. I had one or the other, but I don't recall now which I had. It may have been this one...

One toy I had contained a folded paper sheet with outlines for roads and locations for a spring-loaded launch pad, and a command center. The command center had a small phonograph with 3" records that played a sequence of "countdowns" -- one with a successful launch of the rocket, one with an abort. The rocket was an Atlas, and I remember it always hit the ceiling and left a mark. The command center had a set of "headphones" with a rubber tube connecting them; this is how you heard the phonograph. To change the program, you simply lifted the top of the center and lowered it again. The programs were on separate tracks; the needle would set itself on the tracks at random, so you never knew which one would come up.
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I had Trouble, Hands-Down, and the old "jarts".
I think I may still have the Jarts with the box.
Amazing that we managed to survive back in those days of Jarts, Good ol' Leaded Gasoline, no child safety seats (or laws that butt into parent's business), and no seat belts/air bags/anti-lock brakes....life was MUCH simpler then.
I love new technology and what it has given the average consumer, but we could do with far less gov't intrusion into business and individual freedom.
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The Kenner motorized movie projector had a sibling, IIRC, that was hand-cranked. I had one or the other, but I don't recall now which I had. It may have been this one...

Yes, they also had a hand-crank version of this projector.

I remember I used to sit in my closet and close the door to watch the movies during the day.
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I had the Verti-bird. We either had better batteries or thicker air, cause mine flew quite well with the astronaut and capsule too (not at the same time, though).

I also had a bi-plane called the DarePlane or something like that. I got both of them the same year for Christmas, one of the best Christmases I ever had.
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Yes, they also had a hand-crank version of this projector.

I remember I used to sit in my closet and close the door to watch the movies during the day.


Aw, man. I'm not going to touch this one.
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Aw, man. I'm not going to touch this one.

Hahahaha. I guess I should've worded that differently!
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I had the Verti-bird. We either had better batteries or thicker air, cause mine flew quite well with the astronaut and capsule too (not at the same time, though).

I also had a bi-plane called the DarePlane or something like that. I got both of them the same year for Christmas, one of the best Christmases I ever had.

Here's the Dareplane:

http://www.yoy.org/dareplane/

It would appear from this page that someone cloned the Vertibird. It was for sale at Target, at least back in 2000.
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I was a Major Matt Mason, Johnny West, GI Joe brat, but I had Verti-Bird and several Wheel-O's. Another biggy was SSP cars. My buddy's mom worked for Kenner and we must have destroyed 30 or 40 of those over the years. We'd cannibalize them for parts and jump them over curbs. Our best trick was accidentally melting a Laker Special with a smoke bomb, (who knew those were hot?) and we rolled another one into the path of a bus.
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I was a Major Matt Mason, Johnny West, GI Joe brat, but I had Verti-Bird and several Wheel-O's. Another biggy was SSP cars. My buddy's mom worked for Kenner and we must have destroyed 30 or 40 of those over the years. We'd cannibalize them for parts and jump them over curbs. Our best trick was accidentally melting a Laker Special with a smoke bomb, (who knew those were hot?) and we rolled another one into the path of a bus.

SSP's! Yes, I had one of those. I used to like running it in our gym at school during recess. Was the Laker Special the orange one that looked like something you'd see on the Bonneville Salt Flats? If so, that's what I had.

The gyro effect from that heavy wheel spinning was neat too.
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